Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 160

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

Act Three : mugdha madhusüdanaù

Madhu’s Slayer Bewildered

Scene Seven

Song 7

Verse 5

cintayämi tad-änanaà kuöila-bhru kopa-bhareëa çoëa-padmam ivopari bhramatäkulaà bhramareëa hari! hari! hatädaratayä Translation “I feel as if I am directly beholding the face of Shri Rädhä, with its arched creeperlike eyebrows. Her angry face resembles a red lotus flower surrounded by hovering bumblebees.” Commentary Kṛṣṇa says, “Now I am remembering Rädhä’s lotus face. Her eyebrows must have become even more arched now that she is annoyed. Her face is usually fair but now it must be red with anger. That dejected face is enhanced by her beautiful curved eyebrows that resemble a row of black bumblebees hovering over a red lotus flower.” This verse is an example of väkyärthopamä alaìkära.